Chance_Taker4 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 I have been making my own baits for about six months now. I am very happy with my skills I learned and found I enjoy hand pouring my molds. When I make senior and lizards I use injection molds and have found adding scent to injections to be easy. However when I hand pour I cannot get the baits salted. I tried mixing the salt before I pour as well as after I pour into mold and can't grasp how to do it. Any help would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedyarb Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 If your just pouring, i would try using the glass blasting media sold at harbor freight. For 1 cup of plastic i had to use 1/2 a cup of salt. I only use 1/4 cup of blasting media which makes mixing a lot easier and it suspends in the pplastic better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chance_Taker4 Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 If your just pouring, i would try using the glass blasting media sold at harbor freight. For 1 cup of plastic i had to use 1/2 a cup of salt. I only use 1/4 cup of blasting media which makes mixing a lot easier and it suspends in the pplastic better. 80 grit blasting media? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ray Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 (edited) I know you didn't ask me Gator but that is it. . Edited April 3, 2015 by Big Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Boys Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 what is going on with the salt that is not working ?? I hand pour and inject with salt a lot . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ray Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Maybe he is using too coarse of a salt and it is settling in the cup before he can pour it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Boys Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 yup, I use only fine flake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chance_Taker4 Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 I use kosher salt that I hand grind down to make it smaller and yes it settles to the bottom before I can get it poured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majic man Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Ground salt doesn't have the flat cut edged like manufactured salt, reason it settlers out. Think about it this way, if you wadded a boat up in a ball would it float? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Boys Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 the hotter the plastic the faster it settles also... i stir very well then pour 2 baits,, then stir again very well then pour 2 baits and so on.. you can only get 2 pours with average sized baits before you need to stir. make sure you bring the salt to the top when you stir. do not just spin it around , also use a spoon not a rod or knife. the spoon will catch more salt and stir it better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chance_Taker4 Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 I live 10mins from the Janns NetCraft showroom. The only reason I am using Grounded up Kosher salt is because the guy at Jann's told me they do t carry bait salt because grounded up Kosher salt works better to go by that salt instead. I live 10mins from the Janns NetCraft showroom. The only reason I am using Grounded up Kosher salt is because the guy at Jann's told me they do t carry bait salt because grounded up Kosher salt works better to go by that salt instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Boys Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 that salt will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMc1 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 I live 10mins from the Janns NetCraft showroom. The only reason I am using Grounded up Kosher salt is because the guy at Jann's told me they do t carry bait salt because grounded up Kosher salt works better to go by that salt instead. I live 10mins from the Janns NetCraft showroom. The only reason I am using Grounded up Kosher salt is because the guy at Jann's told me they do t carry bait salt because grounded up Kosher salt works better to go by that salt instead. Get a super fine salt instead. I always found that if I ground up the salt it would wash out the colours and wouldn't suspend at all in the plastic. Switched to a super fine salt (like that sold by bait junky, lure craft, bears baits, MF etc) and it didn't wash the colours out as much and suspended much better. Get a super fine salt instead. I always found that if I ground up the salt it would wash out the colours and clump up real bad and wouldn't suspend at all in the plastic. Switched to a super fine salt (like that sold by bait junky, lure craft, bears baits, MF etc) and it didn't wash the colours out as much and suspended much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ray Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 I got to ask you Dave out of all of the salts you named who's did you like the best. I am using popcorn salt now and I like it but I want to try out one of the salts you mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMc1 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 I got to ask you Dave out of all of the salts you named who's did you like the best. I am using popcorn salt now and I like it but I want to try out one of the salts you mentioned. I would bet they are all the same I buy salt direct here in Canada from the manufacturer 500lbs at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ray Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Whoa that is a lot of salt Dave you don't mess around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
